Women are working day & night to win the war / Witherby & Co. London. – Antique Wall Art
![Women are working day & night to win the war / Witherby & Co. London., [S.l. : s.n., 1915] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1e/1e11f36f581d-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Women are working day & night to win the war / Witherby & Co. London.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Women are working day & night to win the war / Witherby & Co. London.
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Rather than simply celebrating women workers, this 1915 poster doubles as a fundraising appeal, asking the public for £25,000 right away to fund rest-rooms, canteens and hostels for women in war industries. The name of the Young Women's Christian Association also appears in the text, linking the appeal to an existing women's charity. By 1915 many British factories had lost skilled men to the front, so women moved into machine work, including lathe operation, in growing numbers. The poster's slogan and its lathe imagery make that shift plain, while the funding request shows that caring for these new workers was itself a wartime concern.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 76 x 50 cm. |
| Genre | War posters British 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: f25,000 immediately needed for the Women's War Time Fund to provide rest-rooms, canteens & hostels. Young Women's Christian Association. Title from item. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918--Women--Great Britain. War bonds & funds--England--1910-1920. Women--Employment--Great Britain--1910-1920. Lathes--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,059 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 809_Women_are_working_day_1915 |
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